TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.

Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.